Al Khurmah weather in January

In January, Al Khurmah sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al Khurmah's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Khurmah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
6:57 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
26%
8th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.0
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Khurmah reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Al Khurmah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Khurmah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°81.710.89.0
Feb27° / 13°30.811.28.6
Mar30° / 16°112.811.86.1
Apr34° / 20°163.412.53.7
May38° / 24°31.1131.4
Jun40° / 26°0013.30.0
Jul40° / 27°00.113.20.0
Aug41° / 27°10.112.80.0
Sep39° / 24°0012.10.9
Oct34° / 19°10.411.54.2
Nov29° / 16°71.3117.3
Dec26° / 13°40.910.78.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28515
38416
48416
58317
68317
78317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Khurmah gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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313

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1964
2964
3964
4955
5955
6955
7955
8955
9964
10964
11964
12964
13973
14973
15973
16982
17982
18982
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24982
25982
26982
27982
28982
29982
30982
31982

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.76:555:36
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510.76:565:38
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Khurmah

In seasonPeak

None of Al Khurmah's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Khurmah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al Khurmah?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Al Khurmah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Al Khurmah in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Al Khurmah sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Khurmah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Khurmah peaks around July 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 13UV 13Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov7High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Al Khurmah in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Khurmah is worst in February — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (October, 44 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 2286 µg/m³Oct 1244 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan78Unhealthy
Feb86Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun58Unhealthy
Jul71Unhealthy
Aug67Unhealthy
Sep48Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec73Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Khurmah?

Al Khurmah sits at 21.9°N, 42.0°E, 1,025 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Turabah, 88 km away.

Al ‘AqīqTa'ifAsh ShafāMahd adh DhahabAl BahahQal‘at Bīshah

Topography around Al Khurmah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Khurmah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Khurmah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 1,020 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 667 m.

The land around Al Khurmah is covered by bare terrain (76%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
82 m
80 km
667 m
shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Turabah 88 km · Ranyah 112 km · Al ‘Aqīq 154 km · Ta'if 182 km · Ash Shafā 200 km · Mahd adh Dhahab 212 km · Al Bahah 219 km · Qal‘at Bīshah 221 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Khurmah (21.9115°, 42.0309°, elevation 1,025 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).